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Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and ...

Here are some warm-up exercises for anyone just starting to use the Linux command line. Warning: It can be addictive. If you’re new to Linux or have simply never bothered to explore the command line, ...

Hi open source fans. I want to kick off this blog with a little intro to the BLUG, or Beijing Linux User Group. The BLUG was launched on Nov. 19, 2002. It is an open-for-all non-profit organization ...

We'll start out by introducing you to Mono (very briefly because you've probably had this pounded down your throat for the past 2 years) then we'll present some code and screenshots that demonstrate ...

Another guest LinkLetter author! This week, CSO Senior Editor Scott Berinato begins his ongoing series of reports on trying to live in a completely Linux desktop world. Quite haphazardly, I decided to ...

At its recent Build conference Microsoft introduced the second version of its Windows Subsystem for Linux. It’s a major reworking of the original WSL concept, moving away from translating Linux system ...

This is an in-depth primer on Kubernetes. The free, self-paced course covers the system architecture, the problems Kubernetes solves, and the model it uses to handle containerized deployments and ...

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) helps you manage your storage better by introducing a layer of abstraction over your storage hardware. When you’re freed from hardware limitations you can use more than ...

Among the legions of Linux users and admins, there seems to be a sort of passive curiosity about FreeBSD and other *BSDs. Like commuters on a packed train, they gaze out at a less crowded, vaguely ...